Shots fired outside Westminster

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:54 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I hope this is not the start of something...

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:56 pm

It's probably our turn after Germany and France.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:56 pm

Metropolitan Police‏Verified account @metpoliceuk 3m3 minutes ago
More
We were called at approx 2:40pm to reports of an incident at #Westminster Bridge. Being treated as a firearms incident - police on scene
3 replies 224 retweets 30 likes
Reply 3 Retweet 224
Like 30
Metropolitan Police‏Verified account @metpoliceuk 7m7 minutes ago
More
We are aware of reports of an incident at #Westminster. We will put more information out as soon as we can

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:00 pm

Lets hope it's nowt to do with who died yesterday.

Barry_Chuckle · Post by **Barry_Chuckle** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:01 pm

"3 replies 224 retweets 30 likes"

Who the chuff are the 30 weirdos who would hit the "LIKE" button to reports of a firearm incident

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:04 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:Lets hope it's nowt to do with who died yesterday.

Why would it have anything to do with Colin Dexter?

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:06 pm

Police officer stabbed.(BBC)

Two separate incidents. Car driven into several people.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:06 pm

Barry_Chuckle wrote:"3 replies 224 retweets 30 likes"

Who the chuff are the 30 weirdos who would hit the "LIKE" button to reports of a firearm incident

The same kind of wierdos who "like" abc's posts.

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:14 pm

Car used to run at least 5 people over

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:21 pm

Metropolitan Police‏Verified account @metpoliceuk 4m4 minutes ago
More
Officers – including firearms officers - are on scene and dealing with the incident in #Westminster
9 replies 147 retweets 87 likes
Reply 9 Retweet 147
Like 87
Metropolitan Police Retweeted
TfL Travel Alerts‏Verified account @TfLTravelAlerts 11m11 minutes ago
More
Westminster station is closed due to a Police investigation

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:32 pm

Metropolitan Police‏Verified account @metpoliceuk 49s49 seconds ago
More
Avoid Parliament Sq, Whitehall, Westminster & Lambeth Bridge, Victoria St up to junction with Broadway & Victoria Embankment/tube #London

https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src ... r%5Eauthor" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:38 pm

Barry_Chuckle wrote:"3 replies 224 retweets 30 likes"

Who the chuff are the 30 weirdos who would hit the "LIKE" button to reports of a firearm incident

A 'like' also acts as a favourite/bookmark too on Twitter, so you don't forget where you saw the tweet and go back to it when you wish by clicking 'likes' on your profile. I'm sure not all people literally liked the news.

Mrpotatohead · Post by **Mrpotatohead** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:41 pm

Unfortunately from the footage on sky news there appears to be a number of bodies covered on the bridge which can't be good news.

bluelabrador16 · Post by **bluelabrador16** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:44 pm

Anniversary of Brussels attacks.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:50 pm

Mrpotatohead wrote:Unfortunately from the footage on sky news there appears to be a number of bodies covered on the bridge which can't be good news.

No. The only hope is that they are the bodies of the assailants really.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:57 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

IAmAClaret · Post by **IAmAClaret** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:00 pm

Reports of at least 1 person in the river too, suspected to have fallen from the bridge.

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:09 pm

The usual suspects will be along to claim mental illness.

IAmAClaret · Post by **IAmAClaret** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:13 pm

Confirmed 1 woman has died, many with 'catastrophic' injuries.

Croydon Claret · Post by **Croydon Claret** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:13 pm

claretandy wrote:The usual suspects will be along to claim mental illness.

And tell us it was another "lone wolf"

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:20 pm

Sky showing unnecessary photographs at the moment, 30 minutes after the event.

One poor person at the bottom of some steps looks in a bad way - they may have been knocked off the bridge itself, and ended up down there, quite a big drop.

- easy to do isn't it...a big vehicle and a knife [at least].

MarkGreen · Post by **MarkGreen** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:26 pm

hampsteadclaret wrote:Sky showing unnecessary photographs at the moment, 30 minutes after the event.

Keep saying they feel we should see these images so we know the severity of whats happened.

I agree with you it is unnecessary though, they also had live views of the bridge from a helicopter and it looked a lot like they were covering a body to which they apologised for and swiftly switched the feed.

Confirmed at least 1 woman has died.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:29 pm

Suppose we were due one, weren't we? Amazing we managed to go so long without a major incident.

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:31 pm

What I really mean is...the pictures of some individuals are very clear [the face is hidden] but all their clothes are visible, and I guess if it was your wife receiving treatment on the pavement, you would recognise her, long before you had any communication from anyone about the incident.
Not great that is it?

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:34 pm

Looking like a, thankfully, very poor attempt at a terrorist strike. (In no way is that statement meant in any disrespect to the victims today)

These people, as it will turn out, will have been on the ''Watch List''

Bomb Disposal on site - possibly in connection with the parked up suspect grey Saloon reported earlier.

WestMidsClaret · Post by **WestMidsClaret** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:40 pm

Another person dead. 2 so far. RIP. This world's seriously ****** up!

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:40 pm

Thanks for that, Tony, much appreciated.

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:59 pm

Your own post was removed.
I'm sure plenty of planned attacks have been foiled but difficult to prevent one off sporadic attacks. Expect more bollards to go up everywhere now which will be a good thing.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:07 pm

Blackrod wrote:Your own post was removed.
I'm sure plenty of planned attacks have been foiled but difficult to prevent one off sporadic attacks. Expect more bollards to go up everywhere now which will be a good thing.

I'm delighted the offending posts were removed.
On topic now, these attacks are impossible to prevent when you think about it.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:11 pm

Does it leave a bad taste in anyone else's mouth when you see our services working desperately hard to save the lives of **** like this?

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:13 pm

With over 7 billion people on this little planet, it is only going to get worse over the next few years.

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:16 pm

ClaretMoffitt wrote:Does it leave a bad taste in anyone else's mouth when you see our services working desperately hard to save the lives of **** like this?

Partly.

But then he is far more use alive than he is dead.

pushpinpussy · Post by **pushpinpussy** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:16 pm

i blame Martin McGuinness

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:18 pm

ClaretEngineer wrote:Partly.

But then he is far more use alive than he is dead.

Because he's made such a great contribution to society already

starting_11 · Post by **starting_11** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:19 pm

ClaretEngineer wrote:Partly.

But then he is far more use alive than he is dead.

You ain't gonna get anything out of him.

This is hardly the mastermind of a decades worth of planning is it.

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:21 pm

ClaretMoffitt wrote:Does it leave a bad taste in anyone else's mouth when you see our services working desperately hard to save the lives of **** like this?

Yep, the beards a big giveaway, definitely mentally ill.

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:22 pm

starting_11 wrote:You ain't gonna get anything out of him.

This is hardly the mastermind of a decades worth of planning is it.

Correct.

However any information that can be obtained will be useful in this fight.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:22 pm

starting_11 wrote:You ain't gonna get anything out of him.

This is hardly the mastermind of a decades worth of planning is it.

My thoughts exactly, leave the ****** where he fell. Use all available resources on the victims first, if even one person had to wait longer for an ambulance or response team to save this ****, then i despair.

Chester Perry · Post by **Chester Perry** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:24 pm

Suggestion that the knife attacker got out of the car that caused the chaos on the bridge after it crashed through the gates - would explain how he got into the courtyard area

NottsClaret · Post by **NottsClaret** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:24 pm

Agree with posts above. Not much you can do about this. Hardly the work of a sophisticated terror network, although they'll claim it is of course.

One guy with a car and a kitchen knife. Probably a petty criminal, life not panned out as he hoped, bit of a loser. Gets his 24 hours on the News and feels like he's part of something important.

Also agree with hammy for once, the Sky News pics of seriously injured victims are pretty poor. I can guess what 'catastrophic' injuries look like, I don't need to see the poor sod, and I'm absolutely certain he doesn't want the world gawping at him at that moment.

superdimitri · Post by **superdimitri** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:25 pm

Are you kidding? Keep the ******* alive and make him live a life imprisonment. Use him to find out future attacks and prevent more people from being killed in the future. He wants to die, that's part of why they do it, they believe they are doing it for the good of their god. If they die they get what they want.

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:29 pm

ClaretMoffitt wrote:Does it leave a bad taste in anyone else's mouth when you see our services working desperately hard to save the lives of **** like this?

Yes. I'd let the **** rot.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:30 pm

BBC world news reporting that a police officer has also died in the attack.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:30 pm

claretandy wrote:The usual suspects will be along to claim mental illness.

That's America. In the UK we're pretty good at calling a terrorist a terrorist regardless of race or religion.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:35 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:That's America. In the UK we're pretty good at calling a terrorist a terrorist regardless of race or religion.

The British press and politicians are generally better at calling these things for what they are than their American counterparts; for sure. That also includes right wing attacks like with Tommy Mair as well.

I do say generally though, it's certainly not all by any stretch.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:36 pm

claretandy wrote:Yep, the beards a big giveaway, definitely mentally ill.

Says who?

Corky · Post by **Corky** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:43 pm

IT I think that was a sort of attempt at irreverent gallows humour. Not to be taken seriously.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:55 pm

Corky wrote:IT I think that was a sort of attempt at irreverent gallows humour. Not to be taken seriously.

There are people who like it when these kinds of thing happen. Some of the because it makes them feel vindicated by their hatred of those who have think in common with the killer, such as race or religion. And there are some people who like it because they get to make a political point against what they imagine people they disagree with politically will try to say. It happens a lot in the US where people instinctively see things like this as a propaganda opportunity but not so much in the UK. Claretandy is proof that there are some of those types here, but he's the exception not the rule.

2 people are dead. I think we can at least wait till they're cold before we blame liberals for it, or the right for it, or whoever we want to be to blame for it.

PaintYorkClaretnBlue · Post by **PaintYorkClaretnBlue** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:59 pm

Such sad news about the police officer, well done to the mp who tried to save him. Awful situation, may the terrorist rot in hell.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:00 pm

3 hot meals a day, a warm bed at night and 24hr protection awaiting for that scumbag.

Probably be a better life than he had on the outside.

I'd like to see him gutted.

I don't think I could resist not shooting him in the head, if I was the first officer on the scene.